Author: © Christian National Church of Christ

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart today in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
You ever moved from one state to another. You were so used to going to the grocery store, laundry mat, church, city clerk’s office, social security for a card or maybe just to get a driver’s license at the DMV. You knew where everything was located. Easy to find and get to. Didn’t feel alone cause everyone knew you. But moving to another state not knowing anybody and starting over brought a sense of fear till you started asking questions. This is one example of feeling alone.
Another is this: Imagine sinning all the time and knowing where you are at till one day you get into trouble for your sins. You were comfortable till this happened. Feeling all alone with no one to talk to or you are thinking no one cares. Your stuck behind bars. You stay bottled up inside and alone till you realize you have been throwing around thoughts. Next thing you know you realize. Hey! I am not alone things I was thinking and getting mad at God about, was coming to light. You realize someone is listening to me. The only one I was mad at was God when I should have been mad at my own wrong choices. When you were feeling alone, abandoned, isolated. You realize when you said God. He has finally answer that makes you realize you are not alone. Then you go to court get a verdict and the judge says you are free to go. Don’t let me see you in my courtroom ever again. Wow! God are you there? Did You hear what that judge said? Thank you, God. You end up on the street with no place to go. Someone comes in your path to help you out. Every time you ask God to help you it becomes more evident that He is listening and answering. You start realizing where your blessings have been all along.
It reads in James 4:8, ~ Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Here is another example: This family going to church for 30 years. You know a church is full of sinners, those who repent and turn to Jesus is the perfect one. Jesus loves the sinner but hates the sin. This family husband and wife are doing so well except the wife don’t go to church each week, but the husband takes the son to church each week. He prays faithfully for his family and for his wife to go to church with him. She does once in a while. One day she gets in an accident and passes on. Even though he is around church family he feels alone. He has a few friends and one that he can confide in. But then she is still in church but is unable to speak with for a few weeks. His son gets a disease which was a long haul. He speaks with his friend he can confide in, and he emails and calls when he needs to talk. Then one day his son passes away. He has talked to people except the one he could confide in. The friend that knew what he was going through because she had gone through a similar experience. That man felt alone and ended his life. (He felt alone.) It was hard on his friend because she wished she had stayed in contact more. Thinking this wouldn’t have happened. No one can predict one day or another. Only God knows. Pray without ceasing they say. We just need to pray from our heart towards others because we never know what they are going through.
This third example is real life happenings: We can’t stop it! We can’t see what is happening in the lives of those we love, care for and know they are important to many. All we can do is pray that God will stay close to them. Guide people to encourage them. For God to wrap His loving arms around them and protect their mind, body and soul. The more we stay close to God and offer our gratitude, faithfulness, patience, humility, gentleness, kindness, compassion, blessings and pray Gods promises over others and ourselves. There is not much more we can do. God holds all His children whether here on earth or in Heaven. When we stay close to Him there is no loneliness or regrets. Something wonderful happens when the holy spirit dwells with us and within us. God is here. He will never leave our side.
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, we thank You and praise You that You are a faithful God and believe that You would lift up Your spirit of Your countenance upon us, O Lord and give us Your peace that pass’s all understanding in our hearts today and for evermore. Thank You and praise You for always being nearby. Guide us to feel Your closeness always. I never want to take Your mercy for granted. I am truly thankful for all that You do in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

Psalm 34:18

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
I know to “focus on doing right and “don’t be swayed”. Don’t blindly do what the world is doing. Forgive and give those who are trying their best encouragement. Treat others as you want to be treated. Be kind and walk in love. I remind myself to do what is right and this new day is God’s and His gift to others and myself. Even though we live in a troubled world our life is in God’s hands. This gift relieves my heart.
Practice Humility. Be humble, admit when you’re wrong, say sorry, and try to Give Thanks, even During Life’s Challenges.
Here are a few authentic ways to put yourself out there and be a light for Jesus: With a glad and willingly heart, seek to serve others in the name of Jesus. Consider joining a church, ministry and volunteering your time. Remember, in all the work you do, work as unto the Lord and not man. (Colossians 3:23: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,) Have you ever considered an online outreach? “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. “Matthew 5:14” Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

“Christ My Eternity”

Christ for sickness, Christ for health,
Christ for poverty, Christ for wealth,
Christ for joy, Christ for sorrow,
Christ today and Christ tomorrow.
Christ my Life, and Christ my Light,
Christ for morning, noon and night,
Christ when all around gives way
Christ my everlasting Stay.
Christ my Rest, and Christ my Food
Christ above my highest good,
Christ my Well-beloved Friend
Christ my Pleasure without end.
Christ my Savior, Christ my Lord
Christ my Portion, Christ my God,
Christ my Shepherd, I His sheep
Christ Himself my soul to keep.
Christ my Leader, Christ my Peace
Christ hath wrought my soul’s release,
Christ restores my wandering feet,
Christ my Advocate and Priest
Christ who ne’er forgets the least.
Christ my Teacher, Christ my Guide,
Christ my Rock, in Christ I hide,
Christ the Ever-living Bread,
Christ His precious Blood hath shed.
Christ hath brought me nigh to God,
Christ the everlasting Word
Christ my Master, Christ my Head,
Christ who for my sins hath bled.
Christ my Glory, Christ my Crown,
Christ the Plant of great renown,
Christ my Comforter on high,
Christ my Hope draws ever nigh.
© Unknown Author
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, thank you and praise You for this new day. Thank you for Your life and light in our lives. Father, help us to give up our fears, and anxieties and give ourselves fully to you. I thank You and praise You that You know all and keep Your promises. I love You, thank you, praise You and give you all the honor and glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen

{Power Verse}
All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:15

Praying together invites the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. In 2 Chronicles 6-7, we see the dedication of Solomon’s Temple. While “the whole assembly of Israel was standing there” (2 Chron. 6:3), Solomon prays a dedicatory prayer in which he invokes the presence of God. A family that prays together stays together, so we were called on in unity with Christ. “they say that the family that prays together stays together and that is very much the case with us. “The family that prays together stays together ” is still a good maxim. I really like this saying because it is true. Your immediate family may not pray with you and may sway from your family. Pray for your family members will become a child of God also. Pray for their unbelief will change to believing in Jesus Christ. When you are in church family, if you notice this. Your church family is closer. Why because you see them each week. You all pray for each other and pray together. So, a church family that prays together! Stays together. Families that go to church together are usually closer and the enemies flees faster. Just saying. If people pray together over an issue, even if people come to prayer thinking they know what the church should do, praying together opens them up to God’s desire. We each of us has a unique way of praying and praying together brings a new voice to the need. God can heal many situations and guide encouragement in the lives we pray for. No one can bring the dead back to life. We can pray that they are saved and ask God to let them into heaven at His way. When we pray, we can watch our prayers that are answered. As we pray in others’ lives that we pray for we can see their prayers be answered and their lives are better. This is a miracle blessing from God.
It reads in 2 Chronicles 6:12-42
“Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication”
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. He said: “Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth, you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it, as it is today. “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law, as you have done.’ And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David to come true. “But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence. May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.” When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence. “When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you and when they turn back and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication before you in this temple, then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors. “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance. “When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel, being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart), so that they will fear you and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors. “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to you toward this city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. “When they sin against you, for there is no one who does not sin, and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to a land far away or near; and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly’; and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name; then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you. “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. “Now arise, Lord God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of Your might. May your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation, may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness. Lord God do not reject your anointed one. Remember the great love promised to David your servant.”
{Let’s Pray}
Abba Father, I thank You and praise You that You are a God Who hears, heals and answers prayers of Your children. They pray in faith, believing and trust in Your never-failing faithfulness and love. I thank You and praise You that You are a faithful and righteous God, who extend to each one of us according to our individual ways. Keep my heart pure towards You, for You alone can read the thoughts of every heart and needs. You gave us Your powerful mind so that we can keep in constant contact with You and discern good from evil. May the words of my mouth, the meditation of my heart, the thoughts of my mind, and the motives behind my thoughts, always be acceptable to You. I love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}
Since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. Hebrews 11:40

Being a kid at heart is not a question of age, but more so a question of spirit. You can be a child by enjoying small things and being happy with almost anything. Don’t mistake “being a kid at heart” for immaturity. We are adults! Mature, Responsible and having to do it all! This is serious business. We get a job, buy gas, pay bills, buy food, miscelanious stuff and have it all to do. Maybe we have a spouse that helps us. NO time to do anything. Always busy, busy, busy. This is like a horror movie life. We need to go through life with a fine tune comb. We can be a child at heart by making what we do fun in a sense. Ever watched a young child. They are always helpful. Mom does laundry the child could keep handing the dirty clothes to mom so she can put the dirty clothes in the washer. Mom says thank you baby for all your help. Mom picks up the baby and gives that baby a hug. Feel the love. The child can bring out that child like heart out of you. This is what God wants for us. So mom invited the baby to help her totally being child like.
It reades in Matthew 18:3-5,~ And Jesus said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.

What if the mom said no! Put those clothes down! She puts all the clothes in the washer. Then she walks by the baby and ignores the baby. The baby starts to follow mom and stumbles. Mom is teaching this baby to sin. Just saying. This is not being childlike. This is causing the baby to stumble. Causing to Stumble: It reads in Matthew 18:6-7, ~ “If anyone causes one of these little Ones, those who believe in me (Jesus Speaking), to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
God loves us unconditionally and wants us to walk, live and have a child like heart in His love. Share His light and love. It reads in John 16:27-33, ~ No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.” “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father, is with me. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, I thank You and praise You for the joy of having a child like heart. Guide me to be a giving person in my living. Guide me not to stumble in my walk with You. Let me set my mind and heart on You whereas You have given me these traits as a gift. Help me to use all the gifts You have given me and to appreciate them, so that when others greet me, they can see Jesus in me. I really thank You and praise You for the comforting truths in Your word. May I increasingly take note of all You teach me so that I may be kept from stumbling. I love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the honor and glory for Jesus being in my life in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}
Great peace has those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
Psalm 119:165

Father God let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
Sometimes we can be in so much pain and think it is not going away. If we took the time to rest our minds and relax. Like take a warm shower and relax so the body can just rest. Peace can bring healing to the mind, body and soul. If we ignore rest, peace and relaxation we just make it worse. God knows everything about us. He knows more about us than we know our selves. He knows we can worry, stress and get depressed over pain without realizing God is right there with us through it all. God nudges us to rest and letting us know we need to rest.
It reads in Jeremiah 30:17: But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord, ‘because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’ {A reminder that God will never leave you. His word is alive and active to address our need for physical healing. This verse gives us insight into the biblical meaning of restoration, healing, and wholeness.}

It reads in Matthew 8:5-13, ~ When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?” The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the west and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.
Many sought healings from Jesus as he cured the lame, demon-possessed, leprous, and disease ridden. Now, as Jesus came to the northern city of Capernaum, a centurion comes to Jesus seeking healing for his servant. So, I say the Centurion had a faith in Jesus that didn’t waver. But the centurion said of himself, “I am not worthy.” His heart had been touched by the grace of Christ and he saw his own unworthiness. He trusted not to his own goodness; his appeal was his great need. We must first understand that faith like the centurion’s in the Lord’s infinite power is not academic. The Lord is not looking for us to have an academic understanding that he is omnipotent. Israel knew that God was omnipotent. Their problem was that this knowledge did not translate into a personal faith.
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, I thank You and praise You for the awesome example of the Centurion’s faith which delighted the Lord Jesus with His demonstration of trust in the Lord Jesus and hope in His Word. Guide me to enhance my faith in You by standing firmly on Your unaltered: and unaltered permanent promises. Even when circumstances appear to contradict Your Word guide me to know the truth. I thank You and praise You for guiding and encourage healing in all lives. I love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the honor and glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}
Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare his praise?
Psalm 106:2

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
In the first chapter of Revelation, John introduced his reason for writing: a direct command from Jesus Christ. Remember Remembering is the first in a three-step process. All three steps (remember, repent, and do the first works) are in the imperative tense: remember! … repent! … do! It is not too much to believe that John would be asked to write letters to the elders of the churches of Asia Minor of which he was actually the pastor to give them counsel.
It reads in Revelation 2:1-5, ~ (John) “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him (Jesus) who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

{Let’s Pray}

Father God, I thank You and praise You for accepting me, loving me, and forgiving me. Let me keep believing in You as I want to be all this to You as You have been to me. Let me always remember, repent and do! I Love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Psalm 103:11

Father God let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

God is at work in all things and will bring about his glory. We can’t possibly evaluate the meticulous providence of God in his work of ordering all things, directing all things, and working all things for his eternal glory. God’s excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details of His children. If a person was fussy about his appearance in the past, he had become dirty and unkempt, with straggly hair, stained clothes, and patches of silver stubble on his chin this would mean no one knows what this person is going through. God does! Maybe they lost a job or their family. Could be many reasons why a person change. God is very precise in leading the right people in this person’s life to pray and guide them out of their misery. The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit are one. “The explication of the proofs of God’s existence,” he earlier considers, “is the explication of religion itself.” His was a proof of proofs, an assemblage of all the canonical arguments about God woven together into a three-stage process, with one proof leading to, and needing, the next for its own completion.
I bought this pretty plant on clearance for $3.00. Brought it home two weeks ago. I placed it on a stand on top of a plate and watered it. It had light purplish flowers. The next morning, I got up. Went in the kitchen and it had little white bugs all over it. I ran and got dressed. I took the plant outside nicely so the bugs wouldn’t fall off. It was loaded like it had grown fur overnight. LOL! So, I took my baking soda I have in a parmesan bottle (no cheese in it) and shook the baking soda over all of the plant. Then I went and got the hose and rinsed it off. It looked good. Then I got soil, rocks and put the plant in its new home outside. It looks good. Well yesterday I found something growing out of where the flowers bloomed and died. Hmm! Eggplants! Yes! Eggplant plant! I was excited. Lol! I also found out that the tiny ones I can replant, and it will grow another plant. Never grew eggplants before. God always sends something new and exciting our way. It was like a surprise plant! Surprise bugs! Then surprise eggplant! Lol! So, God made sure I saw that plant and bought it. Then He made sure I took care of it! Then He made sure I finished taking care of it by getting the bugs off and taking it outside where it belonged. (In its environment) Water it and let it surprise me. LOL!
So, it reads in John 17:1-5, ~ (Jesus Prays to Be Glorified) After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
“John 17:6-19 Jesus prayed for His disciples (Those community disciples who truly knew Him.) “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me, and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
It reads in John 17:20- 26, ~ (Jesus Prays for All Believers)
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me, and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one, I in them and you in me, so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you have known to them and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
{Let’s Pray}
Father God, thank You and praise You for giving the Lord Jesus to be our Savior and thank You for sending Him to be my example and the pattern of how a woman and man, sanctified unto You Father God, should live. I believe that in the power of the Holy Spirit I may live my life sanctified unto You, walking in Your light, truth, the Holy Spirit and living my life in total dependence upon You, to Your praise and glory and my appreciation of Your love for all Your children in Jesus precious Name Amen.
{Power Verse}
How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts!

Psalm 92:5

God uses mountains and valleys often in His Word to describe His power, the high moments of success in life, and obstacles that stand in our way. But encourages hope and faith in Him. God chose us from the beginning. It reads in Matthew 17:20: He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. “Matthew 17:20
Paul ties together the ideas of predestination, God’s glory, the salvation of His people, and the rights we have as children of God. It reads in Ephesians 1:9-14, ~ And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of his glory.
In this is that God has chosen us, He has adopted us as His very own child, He has freed us from the shackles of sin, and He has forgiven us of our sins. He has let us have a chance to start new and fresh. Whereas He will bless those who bless Him in their righteousness. He will never leave nor forsake us as it reads in Hebrews 13:5-6, ~ Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So, we may boldly say: ‘ The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?’

{Let’s Pray}
Father God, I believe I will trust in Your unfailing Word, for Your Word is faithful and true. Guide me to love others as You have loved me. I know caring, compassion, love is only possible through the power of Your Holy Spirit, working in and through me. Guide others and I, to know the glorious inheritance we have in Jesus Christ, by grace through faith. and thank You that you have redeemed my life from death and have made me to be part of Your own family in the saints. I thank You and praise You that You have placed Your seal of ownership on me, so that none can pluck me out of Your hands in Jesus Precious Name Amen.
{Power Verse}
You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; Your help has made me great.
Psalm 18:35

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

When a person’s heart breaks by a loss of a parent, child or just anyone we know. It doesn’t go away. It just lingers in our minds why? Our heart longs to meet them again. Good memories cannot take the place of them, but it can bring us peace knowing they are with God. Someone ends their life we can say hey! Why? This we know is some quick discission that was mostly a mistake on their part. Something that was not meant to be. We have to forgive them and know that God holds them now. We can’t change what happens in this life. But! We can change the way we live this life God has given us as a gift. We can give gifts of compassion, kindness, hope, respect and move on in a right way. We are told it is better to give than receive. It reads in Acts 20:35, ~ Paul speaks of: In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

My mom used to say: If you give it will be given back to you tenfold. She was right. You ever take clothes to the Salvation Army. I have. Next thing you know. Someone is asking me if I want their hand me downs and I end up giving them to someone else. This is how God works. Not only in material items. But life itself. When you struggle in any situation. God guides those that can assist. Continuous praying to the Lord Jesus and knowing He is your friend. You will not want for nothing. In fact, be still, pray, write down what you prayed. God has a sense of humor; God reveals His sense of humor through the animals He created: ostriches, elephant seals, platypuses, kangaroos, etc. (Genesis 1:25). He first surrounded Adam with these creatures to relieve Adam’s loneliness, and one way, based on my experience, was by making Adam laugh. Especially elephants. Can you imagine how big elephants would really be if they had salt on their peanuts. Lo! Just saying! Adam was then charged with naming the animals of the world. God has all the emotion He has given us. God has everything to give with His gifts to His children. He hears us when we cry: He never grows impatient with us in our need. “Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, here I am.” God has given us His powerful mind to do good. God’s treasure is His promises to us. He doesn’t give us these gifts to receive. He gives us these gifts to give where there is a need. We pass His provision on to others.

It reads in Hebrews 13:16, ~ Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

In this when we pray for others and their situations, most of the time it is probably something we have been through, or we know of someone who has gone through the same situation. Your gift of praying for others and giving it to God. He will give gifts to them of healing, unity or blessings. God can make all new and improved.

{Let’s Pray}

Father God, create in me a clean heart, help me to be a giving person as You are free in giving gifts. Open my eyes and ears to realize a need and develop in me a generous spirit. I believe that I may become a cheerful and generous giver in every area of my life. Guide me to apply the principle of sowing and reaping abundantly so that others may be blessed, and they can follow Your lead of appreciating Your gifts and add giving to their living. I thank You, praise You and give You all the glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Proverbs 11:25

Father God, let this touch someone’s heart today in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

I know when I do schoolwork and I am studying for a test. I have done this for years. I take index cards and write stuff down I want to remember for a test. So, I can successfully pass the test. I study them while I am doing dishes. I put the index cars on the windowsill over the sink. I will move those index cards wherever I go so I can study. I remember one time like in the 90’s, I came home from work. My daughter had taken tub paint and wrote all over the walls of the bathroom, the tub, the back of the toilet and on the door because she was studying for a test. The bathroom was with no one in it when I got home. So, I asked everyone who did this to the bathroom. My daughter Jen said. I did mom! I had to study for a test, and I thought this would help me. You know like your index cards. Hmm! I said are you going to clean the mess? She said when she was done studying. If it is fun and works. Hey!
It reads in Deuteronomy 6:3-12,~
Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant, then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

{Let’s Pray}

Father God, I thank You and praise You for Your truth and the examples that give courage and a way to teach others your truths by making it fun, self-explanatory and to remember Your promises. You are the builder of courage and character. Help all of us to grow stronger in Your love and to stand for what is right in Your light in Jesus Precious Name Amen.

{Power Verse}

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9